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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REOTOR W. KLINE AND ROSCOE M. KLINE, OF ATOHISON, KANSAS.

RUG-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1909.

Application filed February 25, 1909. Serial No. 479,965.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HECTOR W. KLINE and Roscoe M. KLINE, citizens of the United States, residing at Atchison, in the county of Atchison and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rug-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

In carpet stores, it is now the custom to hang the large rugs side by side so that they will occupy as little space as possible, and so that they can be examined with convenience. It often becomes necessary, however, to remove, re-arrange and replace rugs on the hanging means. Furthermore prospective purchasers often desire to see a rug laid upon the floor. The hoisting and lowering of these heavy rugs has heretofore been a difficult and burdensome task.

()ne of the primary objects of this invention is to provide novel, simple and practicable means for conveniently hoisting rugs to and lowering them from the supports.

A further and important object is to provide supporting means of a novel nature that will permit the ready detachment and replacement of rugs, and will support said rugs so that they can be properly displayed and examined.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view therethrough. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical sectional view on an enlarged scale. Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one of the supporting brackets, portions thereof bemg broken away. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view through one of the tracks and its branch, showing the switch. Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view through one of the tracks, showing the carriage in place. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the carriage. Fig. 8 is a cross sectional view through one of the rugholding bars.

Similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts in the figures of the drawings.

In the embodiment illustrated, asupporting frame 9 is employed, which, in the present instance, is shown triangular in cross section. It may be of any shape, however, depending on the amount and disposition of This frame, in the embodiment disclosed, includes standards 10 suitably braced, as shown at 11, and carrying upper and lower horizontal bars 12 and 13, the said bars having outstanding flanges 1 1 and 15 provided with sockets or openings 16 and 17. It will be observed that the openings 17, as shown in Fig. 2, are tapered. Supporting brackets are employed, comprising horizontal upper arms 18 with. uprights 19 connected to their inner ends and brace rods 20 supporting their outer ends. These brackets have upper depending pintles 21 that engage in the upper sockets 16 and lower pintles 22 having offset retaining lugs 23 engaging in the lower sockets 17 The upper horizontal arms 18 have upstanding side flanges 24: and are provided at their inner ends with boxings 25, forming sockets 26, said arms also have openings 27 therethrough. Rug-holding bars 28 (see Fig. 3) are employed that are arranged to rest upon the arms 18 between the flanges 24 with their inner ends engaged in the sockets 26, said ends being preferably tapered, as shown at 29. The bars furthermore have pins 30 passing therethrough that engage in the openings 27. It will thus be evident that the bars are interlocked with the arms, but can be removed therefroi'n by elevating them. The pins 30 have their upper ends formed into eyes 31.

Arranged over and transversely of the different sets of brackets, are separate tracks 82 suitably secured to the ceiling and having lateral branches 33 joined to the tracks between their ends. Said tracks and branches are preferably formed of metal that is substantially tubular in shape, having inset lower flanges forming rails. A carriage is employed for each track and its branch, said carriage comprising a hanger body 35 that extends between the rails, and is provided. at its upper end with an axle 36 having journaled thereon wheels 37 which operate on the rails 34. These wheels may have ball bearings. Hoisting meclnnism is mounted on each carriage and preferably comprises a cable 38 secured at one end to an eye 39, said cable passing over a pulley 4-0 that is journaled in a boxing 41 suspended from the carriage. This pulley has an annular groove from, one side of which extends a cam surface 12. A block 43 has a pulley 141 that is located on the cable 38 between the secured end and the pulley 4:0. This block is provided with a depending hook 155 l that is arranged to engage in any one of the eyes 31 of the rug-holding bars. In order to govern the movement of the carriage from the track to its branch or vice versa, a switch is employed, comprising a bar 46 that is pivoted, as shown at 47 at the juncture of the branch and track. This bar is pro.- vided with opposite flanges 48 forming rails that are movable into register with the different rails of the track and branch, as Will be obvious by reference to Fig. 5. The pivot 47 is preferably provided with a spring (not shown) which holds the track in the position shown in Fig. 5, but a cable 49 con nected to said track and operating over suitable pulleys 50, leads to a point of convenient access so that the switches may be thrown in order to cut off the branch.

The rugs can be mounted 011 the bars in any suitable manner, but as shown in Fig. 8, rug-engaging pins 51 are employed that are carried by the bars 28- In using the structure, the rugs are engaged with said bars 28. If now it is desired to place a rug on the support, the hook 45 is engaged with the eye 31 of the bar, and said bar with the rug attached thereto, is hoisted by means of the cable 38. When it has been elevated sufficiently, the free portion of the cable is en? gaged with the cam surface 42 so that the block 43 is held against lowering, the carriage is then moved along the branch 33 on to the track 32 until the bar is properly positioned over one of the brackets. The rear end of said bar is then engaged in the socket 26, and the bar is lowered until it is placed between the flanges 24. The hoisting means can then be disengaged and the rug will retain its position. A rug can be detached and lowered by the reversal of the above described operation. It will thus be evident that heavy rugs can be easily manipulated and when said rugs are in place, side by side, the brackets can be swung in different directions, so that said rugs can be examined and displayed in the most desirable manner. In the practical use of the device, two rugs are preferably hung upon each bar, though this is not necessary.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation and many advantages of the herein described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion and minor details of construction, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and .desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In mechanism of the character described, the combination with means for supporting a plurality of rugs side by side, of an overhead track extending transversely there? of and having a lateral branch extending away from the supporting means, a carriage movable on the track and branch, and hoisting and lowering means mounted on the car riage.

2. In mechanism of the character described, the combination with means for sup porting a plurality of rugs side by side, of an overhead track extending transversely thereof and having a lateral branch connected thereto between its ends, a switch located at the juncture of the track and branch, a carriage movable on the track and branch, and hoisting and lowering means carried by the carriage and adapted to engage with the different rug-holding means.

3. In mechanism of the character described, the combination with an overhanging track having a lateral branch, said track including spaced inset flanges forming rails, a switch located at the juncture of the track and branch and comprising a pivoted bar having flanges on opposite sides that aline with certain of the flanges of the track and branch, a carriage having wheels that operate on the rails, rug hoisting and lowering means mounted on the carriage, a plurality of supports arranged beneath the track, and rug holding bars detachably engaging the supports and having means for engagement with the hoisting and lowering means.

4. In mechanism of the character described, the combination with a rug support comprising a pivotally mounted bracket, of a rug holding bar that detachably rests upon the bracket and detachably interlocks therewith at separated points.

5. In mechanism of the character described, the combination with a rug support comprising a bracket having an upper arm provided with upstanding flanges, and a socket, of a rug holding bar that fits upon the arm between the flanges and engages in the socket.

6. In mechanism of the character described, the combination with a supporting frame, of a bracket pivoted on the supporting frame, said bracket having an upper horizontal arm provided at its inner end with a socket and having spaced upstanding elements on its outer portion, and a rug-holding bar that projects beyond and rests upon the bracket arm, said bar having its outer portion arranged between the upstanding elements and having its inner end detachably engaged in the socket.

7. In mechanism of the character described, the combination with a supporting frame including cross bars having sockets, of a plurality of brackets located side by side and having pintles engaging in the sockets, said brackets having upper horizontal arms provided with upstanding side flanges and sockets at their inner ends, rug supporting bars that detachably rest upon the upper bracket arms between the flanges and have their inner ends detachebly engaged in the sockets, a track located over the brackets and having a lateral branch, 0, switohlooatecl at the juncture of the branch and track, a carriage movable on the track and branch, and hoisting and lowering means mounted on the carriage and having means for engaging the different rug holding; bars.

In. testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures in the presence of two Witnesses.

HECTOR W. KLINE. ROSCOE M. KLINE.

W'tnesses:

IRMA PRESTON, lnA M. GEHRUM. 

